Gerdau
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Gerdau S.A. is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, and the 33rd largest steelmaker worldwide, with approximately 13 million tons of production in 2023. Gerdau uses mini mills, integrated mills, and direct reduced iron plants; 71% of the steel manufactured by the company is made from recycled scrap. In 2023, 39% of sales were to Brazil and 39% of sales were to North America.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Gerdau S.A.
- Company.logo
- Gerdau logo (2011).svg
- Company.type
- Sociedade Anônima
- Company.traded_as
- Ibovespa Component
- Company.location
- Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Company.founder
- João Gerdau
- Company.industry
- Ferrous metallurgy
- Company.products
- Long steel, specialty steel, flat steel, and other steel products
- Company.revenue
- R$68.916 billion (2023)
- Company.net_income
- R$7.536 billion (2023)
- Company.assets
- R$74.885 billion (2023)
- Company.equity
- R$49.238 billion (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 27,371 (2023)
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- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1901
- Location
- Basauri, Spain
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.13788.35
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Brazil
- Headquarters
- Porto Alegre
- Industry
- metal industry
- Employees
- 47000
- Stock exchange
- São Paulo Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- S.A.
- Official website
- www.gerdau.com.br
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- inception
- 1901-01-01
- different from
- Gerdau
- social media followers
- 18800
- Commons category
- Gerdau S.A.
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Controversies and legal issues
- Charges of bribery, tax evasion, and money laundering (2016)
- See also
- References
- External links
Gerdau S.A. is the largest producer of long steel in the Americas, and the 33rd largest steelmaker worldwide, with approximately 13 million tons of production in 2023. Gerdau uses mini mills, integrated mills, and direct reduced iron plants; 71% of the steel manufactured by the company is made from recycled scrap. In 2023, 39% of sales were to Brazil and 39% of sales were to North America.
Substantially all of the common shares of the company are owned by Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter and his family; however, non-voting preferred shares, representing a minority interest in the company, are publicly traded.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerdau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.